tonight. >> reporter: about 24 people turned out for this vigil on the front steps of walnut creek city hall. they left behind a card and candle, flowers to honor those who were killed in connecticut and himself they came together to share in some comfortable in the face of such tragedy. >> this candlelight vigil like so many across the country came together within just a few hours. organizer ashley montgomery was compelled to do something after watching news reports. >> something like this, our hearts are broken but we gather here like this it shows our spirit is not broken. >> among those were elementary aged students. >> did you hear it through friends or did you hear it on the phone? >> i heard it from my mom. >> his mother tells me she had a conversation with him about the shooting in connecticut when she picked him up from school. >> i thought it was important to know what happened. usually i try to shield them from events but i think it was too close. >> another mother also talked with her kids and hopes to understand what families in connecticut are going through. >> i can only

california cities on friday and saturday night last summer. >>> well, t minus 24 days and counting until the fiscal cliff deadline. no progress was made in washington. the main sticking point are about tax cuts that are set to expire and the president's demand that the wealthy pay more in taxes. the uncertainty of what is going to happen is starting to have an impact on donations to charity. abc7 news reporter ama dates dates is live in the newsroom. >> it is possible the tax deduction for charitable giving could be capped next year. so the question is do you hold on to your money during the financial uncertainty or donate more while you know you will get a deduction. for one charity in san francisco it seems people are doing a little of both. the food pantry at the st. anthony foundation is in good shape today, but overall donations are down for the year. >> we are a little bit behind where we would like to be, where we are budgeted to be. >> the interim executive director says the charity is seeing interesting trends this holiday season that may have to do with the impending fiscal cli

liberal candidate has conceded. >>> time to check the weather. you said 40 in the city colder than that elsewhere. >> the warmest cold i found was 43° at pier 1. the coldest san francisco temperature is 35 in the forest hill area. san jose this morning we had a lot of frost especially outside of downtown, saratoga, campbell, sunnyvale, los gatos. as we look from tamalpais towards sausalito, san francisco down to the san mateo bridge, a little hazier today as [ inaudible ] down at the ground level, check out live doppler, it is so quiet right now picking up clouds to the north where they will stay, a lot of sunshine in our forecast for today. let's talk about temperatures how far have we come since this morning? 40s everywhere 50 half moon bay and los gatos 47 san jose concord fremont. low 40s north bay. around the monterey bay inland mid 40s. monterey 51° the one area that didn't get to freezing in that area. today sunshine, cool this afternoon, almost as chilly tonight rain on the way thursday more so friday, saturday, sunday. high pressure sinking air the dry air the roadblock,

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